From previous threads, this community is mostly on gimlet's side and STILL thinks this is a bad idea. But I want to address one additional point that could get a mixed reception here. It's this line:

Starlee clearly doesn't understand things like business

I think it's entirely possible that even though the show failed to produce second season episodes and was incredibly expensive that Gimlet made the wrong decision in firing her. Not an "evil" decision, but a possibly-incorrect one given the success of the first season.

The truth is, we don't know. In the absence of all the inside numbers, people here tend to trust those who actually know the numbers and are stuck with payroll -- a perfectly fair thing to do! And while I think that's generally a good instinct, I do think people can take that too far and assume that management doesn't make bad decisions, often based on short-term thinking. I know I see that at the various places I've worked, and I bet many of you could say the same where you work.

The other thing is some people might conclude from her tweets that she may be more trouble than she's worth. But I think it can be really healthy to a company to have people who can be frustrating to work with because they're passionately arguing for things that they believe in. They shouldn't win every fight, but for example her rants about advertisers are reflecting something in the real world that some listeners care about and making decisions being blind to that is a bad thing.

So yeah, Gimlet management knows more than us about what the situation was. But one MORE reason not to take it out on Starlee not mentioned above is that we shouldn't assume that she was wrong to begin with. Defer judgment but assume good faith on all sides.